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Boom-time for legal loan sharks

Class, the Centre for Labour and Social Studies, is calling for the government to set a cap on the cost of credit and end self-regulation in a new report on payday lending.

12 July 2013
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Fresh concern raised over Taser safety after seventh death in 10 years

The Independent covers the latest taser-induced death, this time in Manchester, where 23 year old Jordan Begley died in front of his mother. His employer Peter Sivori told the paper:

'He was first class, he was a good worker, a bit quietish but he was hard-working'

12 July 2013
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Ex-US president Jimmy Carter on drugs sentencing

Thanks to Incarceration Report for sharing this comment by Jimmy Carter on drug offence sentencing:
11 July 2013
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Utopian thinking

We thought this new book applying utopian thinking to questions of crime and justice looked interesting. Shame about the prize tag. Ouch! It's also due out in a more affordable ebook format.

11 July 2013